Please refer to the given Sources and Literature
advises which I used in order to complete these paint schemes on the Index
or my Literature pages. Let me thank all members of different communities
around the World Wide Web that shares necessary information's and historical
relations to get these paint schemes so accurate as possible!

Some planes used the standard scheme of course, but
another speciality of Fighter wing 5 was the different applications of
winter camouflage, here complete covering of the surface with white
Distemper colour, wavy bands, blotches of white together with RLM 70 was
used and mixtures of all variants was also possible. These specialities made
the Fighter Wing 5 unique and build up to their remarkable existents as the
nordernmost Fighter Wing of the German Luftwaffe.

Beside the information's found in the below posted books most of the
important an historical relevant information's I received again through Kjetil
Åkra from
Norway, which makes it possible for me to paint these schemes at all. I hope
that I could transpose his information's convenient and I wish you pleasant
trip through these fantastic paint schemes of the "Ice sea-Fighter" of
Jagdgeschwader 5.

The above shown plane is a Bf-109
F-4/Trop which was flown by Hauptmann Horst Carganico after his belly landing over enemy territory on
August 12, 1942.

The plane
actually was a spare unit which Horst Carganico used during the winter of
1942 to 1943. The Mickey Mouse emblem now showed two shoe pulled on their
tying band, representing the two force landings on 22ed July
and 12th August 1942, where Horst Carganico had to "walk
on his shoes" back from enemy territory.

The plane
was painted with the Double chevron of Staffelcommander, the
green four leaf clover of II. Group and a wavy, multiple Form Pattern of
white Distemper Colour estalblishing the camouflage for the winter time.

A very nice Bf-109
F-4 of the 8th
Fighter Wing of JG 5 based at Petsamo, Finland in Winter 1942/1943. This plane
became famous because of the photographs taken after a landing accident by
the pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl Schulz, who overturn the plane and damaged it
by 25 %.

The plane shows light wavy bands
painted over a non standard RLM 74/75/76 camouflage scheme, broad yellow
wing tips up to the wing crosses on the lower side of the wings, the wing
insignia on both fuselage sides and a yellow underside of the cowling.

A very nice Bf-109
F-4 of the 8th
Fighter Wing of JG 5 based at Petsamo, Finland during Winter of 1942/1943. The plane shows light wavy bands
painted over a non standard RLM 74/75/76 camouflage scheme, broad yellow
wing tips up to the wing crosses on the lower side of the wings, the yellow
black bordered circle insignia of III. Group on both fuselage sides and a
yellow underside of the cowling.

This Bf-109
F-4 of the 8th
Fighter Wing of JG 5 based at Petsamo, Finland during Winter 1942/1943
showed another Art of applying a winter camouflage, the plane was completely
covered with whit distemper colour leaving the Markings on the upper sides
free.

The plane had the wing insignia
applied on both fuselage sides and wears the common yellow markings
underneath the wings and the cowling. The national markings was darkened on
the upper sides.

This Bf-109
F-4 of the 8th
Fighter Wing of JG 5 based at Petsamo, Finland during Winter 1942/1943
showed another Art of applying a winter camouflage, the plane was completely
covered with whit distemper colour leaving the Markings on the upper sides
free.

The plane had the wing insignia
applied on both fuselage sides and wears the common yellow markings
underneath the wings and the cowling. The national markings was darkened on
the upper sides.